Connections and Protocols
What provides continuous access to the Internet through permanent network connections?
Direct Internet connections
What is the main purpose of a file server?
To store shared data
A worldwide network of interconnected networks
Internet
A group of two or more computers connected so they can communicate, share resources and exchange information with one another.
A network
How are wide area networks (WANs) created?
By connecting LANs to one another via public carriers
What connection type provides the fastest direct connection speed?
Fiber-optic cable
What is the name of the problem-solving model in which a task that cannot be performed by one person is outsourced to a large group or community in order to obtain and analyze large amounts of data?
What is the term for a collection of related HTML documents located on a host computer on the Internet?
Website
What is the term for a server at the highest level of the Domain Name System (DNS)?
What is the term for a device that determines the best path for data to take across a network?
Router
Which device connects a wireless local area network to a wireless phone network at broadband speeds?
4G mobile hotspot
Hosted applications and services offered by a third party and run almost entirely from one or more servers that reside on the Internet
Cloud Computing
A series of numbers divided into four segments that identifies a unique resource on the Internet.
Dotted quad
A device that converts digital data to analog signal and vice versa, is called a:
Modem
A group of computers connected within a confined geographic area is a ...
local area network (LAN)
What type of server are you accessing when you download software programs and documents from Websites?
A File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server
What server is used solely to resolve human-readable domain names into their computer-readable IP addresses?
Domain name servers
Dedicated digital telephone lines used in North America
T carriers
Which wireless mode type uses a centralized access point known as a wireless access point (AP)?
Infrastructure
A LAN can be connected to the Internet by a router, provided that the LAN uses:
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
Which of the top-level domains would generally refer to an Internet Service Provider (ISP)?
net
If another location in the same Webpage or another Webpage appears, what did you click?
hypertext link
Two or more local area networks (LANs) that span a wide geographic area
What enables dissimilar systems connected to the Internet to communicate with one another?
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
In an IP address such as 192.241.187.8, the last number in the address (on the far right) identifies:
The right-side component of a domain name, which categorizes domains into groups by common type or geography
To act as a central repository of programs and data to which all users connected to the network have access is the primary function of what?
a network server